Dancing at any level involves reaching, bending, twisting, and exploring ambitious positions that push the limit. Dance stretches for flexibility help with achieving moves like high kicks and splits ...

Start your day with this gentle full body yoga stretch for flexibility, stress relief, and relaxation. This beginner-friendly ...

I walked into the advanced beginner class at the Washington School of Ballet Saturday morning feeling like a student returning to school a day after playing hooky: anxious. Timid. A tad guilty. I’ve ...

Tracy Somani and her classmates exercise toe extensions in a Philadelphia Ballet class for adults who have never danced ballet before. (Peter Crimmins/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South ...

AS A KID, I had a few years when I tried to be a ballerina. I didn’t have the flexibility, nor the grace, but I do think ballet trained me out of a general clumsiness. The modern fitness world likes ...